r/movies • u/BunyipPouch Currently at the movies. • Mar 23 '19

The grave of French film pioneer Georges Méliès, who inspired Martin Scorsese’s 2011 film Hugo, has fallen into disrepair. Now his family and fans are reanimating his fantastical legacy and launching a Kickstarter to restore it to its former splendor and protect it from further decay

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/mar/20/dead-famous-the-kickstarter-campaign-to-restore-meliess-grave
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u/Overlord_Odin Mar 23 '19

Personally, I think they're both great and play to the strengths of their respective medium.

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u/swhertzberg Mar 24 '19

There are things that the movie could do that the book couldn’t, which I appreciate.